Is « nausée » masculine or feminine?
« nausée » is feminine. You say la nausée.
Article forms
| With the definite article | la nausée |
| With the indefinite article | une nausée |
| With the partitive article | de la nausée |
Plural
The plural is nausées (les nausées). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
nausée ends in
-ée. Nouns ending in
-ée are usually feminine,
so nausée follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
-
J'ai la nausée.
I feel queasy. -
Il a des nausées.
He has nausea. -
Tom a des nausées.
Tom feels nauseous.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « nausée » masculine or feminine?
« nausée » is feminine. You say la nausée.
Is it « le nausée » or « la nausée »?
It is « la nausée ». « le nausée » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.